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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






2. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






3. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






4. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






5. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






6. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






7. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






8. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






9. Selective focus on what is important while screening out distractions.






10. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






11. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






12. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






13. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






14. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






15. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence. The accented part is spoken louder - longer - and/or in a higher tone. The speaker's mouth opens wider while saying an accented syllable.






16. Multisensory Structured Language






17. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






18. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






19. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






20. The process of systematically gathering test scores and related data in order to make judgement about an individuals ability to perform various mental activities involved in the processing - acquisition - retention - conceptualization - and organizat






21. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






22. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. Screening test. test phonological awareness - phonological memory - rapid naming...norms given in Percentiles - Standard Scores - Age and Grade Equivalents






23. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






24. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






25. A test in which the results can be used to determine a student's progress toward mastery of a content area. performance is compared to an expected level of mastery in a content area rather that to other student's scores. Such tests usually include qu






26. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






27. State Law. Requires testing - Requires that students enrolled in public schools be tested for dyslexia. - Requires treatment (teaching)






28. Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition Screening test. Provides an efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading difficulties Standard Scores - Percentile Ranks - Grade Equivalents - Age Equivale






29. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






30. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






31. Teaching that uses all learning pathways in the brain (VAK-T) simultaneously in order to enhance memory and learning.






32. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






33. Three adjacent letters which represent one speech sound (tch)






34. MSLE instruction requires that organization on material follow the logical order of the language. Sequence must begin with the easiest and progress to more difficult material. Each step must be based on prior knowledge.






35. Feeling through fingertips






36. Confirmation and Fluency - Decoding skills - Fluency - additional strategies

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37. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






38. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






39. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






40. The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.






41. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






42. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






43. An objective test that is given and scored in a uniform manner. Scores are often norm-referenced. For example SAT






44. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






45. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






46. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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47. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






48. Federal Law. Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$ - Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the workplace.






49. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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50. Given normal vision - the ability to recognize and interpret information taken in with the eye.